One day I want to be an urban (or rural) homesteader. One sweet day. A day a long, long time away. Can you tell how much of a pipedream this is? Fortunatley, I have this sweet set of videos to fuel me until I reach that point. How to Homestead is a project being undertaken by students at the University of San Francisco who are interested in learning about homesteading and want to hone their skills to promote it. Through a series of amusing and inventive videos, this group, made up of ten students and a professor, show that they are “dedicated to cinematically distilling and disemmenating rich folk wisdom and newfangled experiments in 21st century homesteading.” Check out the cute PSA-style Kambucha [sic] and You. It’s my favorite.

Chowhound.com videos

So I’ve just discovered my new addiction. Chowhound.com has a really extensive video section, detailing everything from how to get rid of fruit flies, how to peel ginger, and how to roast a red pepper over an open flame, just like Pa used to do. I watched the video before making my lunch this afternoon, and then did it; it’s so easy. Foolproof, actually. There are 7 sections: Chow Tips, Grab Bag, Cooking and Baking, Wine and Spirits, You’re Doing it All Wrong, The Perfect, and my favorite, Obsessives. This section is a random smattering of video interviews with people (mostly small-business owners, from what I can tell) who work with certain types of foods and know everything about them. It runs the gamut from coffee, to honey, to marmalade (…?), to bread to offal. I just watched the one on seaweeds, which was pretty fascinating, especially since I have been eating a lot of dulse lately. Now I’m watching the one on tea and will probably watch the honey one next

Oh god, this is bad, I have to wake up for work tomorrow. But I can’t…stop…watching.